Re: problem with the IC-COMP driver

["M.Stein" <matthias@gom.com>]

Hello Fabien!

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Fabien Spindler wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I try to use the linux device driver with an IC-COMP board. Because 
> the patch associated to the IC-COMP board is not updated in version
> 6.*, I use version 0.5.1.
>

  Yes, this is the right version for you.

> Because the test_icpci.c sofware doesn't support the IC-COMP board,
> I try to use test_icpci_cmp.c . I work in BMA mode or MMAP mode. 

  You are right.

> If I transmit a NTSC signal to the board, the framegrabber 
> works well in both modes (BMA and MMAP). But if the input signal is
> a CCIR signal (using a XC-75-CE Sony camera for example), the 
> acquiered frame is not good. So I suppose that by default the board
> is configured to accept a NTSC signal. The problem is that in europe,
> we use CCIR cameras.
>

  Is the Sony XC75-CE also available as colour camera - we have only b/w
  ones?
 
> If I refer to the driver documentation it is possible to
> configure the board with a call to GIOC_GE_GET/SET_CAMCNF in order
> for example to set the input camera format (CCIR). Is-it right ?
> But in that case, the read_config() function doesn't implement
> the IC-COMP board. Has anybody made some changes to the driver
> in order that read_config() accept the IC-COMP ?

  No, I don't think so. You have to modify cmp_def_cam (icpciAM.c) by
  hand, sorry!
	
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Fabien
> 

					matthias